Application filed for South Carolina nuclear power plant

PEI ^ | 31 March 2008

[Red Steel]

31 March 2008 -- South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. and Santee Cooper submitted an application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a combined construction and operating license (COL), which, once approved, would authorize the companies to build and operate up to two new nuclear electric generating units at the utilities' existing V.C. Summer Nuclear Station site in Jenkinsville, S.C.

Filing the application does not commit the two utilities to build. Development of a COL application for the new nuclear facilities began in early 2006. The NRC will now n an approximate three-to-four-year review process and could issue the combined license in 2011.

Construction could begin shortly thereafter, subject to approval from the South Carolina Public Service Commission, with an in-service date as early as 2016 for the first unit. SCE&G and Santee Cooper estimate that base load generation will be needed for both utilities at this time.

SCE&G is a member of the NuStart Energy Development consortium. Formed in 2004 by 10 U.S. energy companies and two nuclear reactor vendors, NuStart allows member companies and the nuclear vendors to combine their industry experiences and expertise to contribute to the development of reference applications for reactor technologies, including the Westinghouse AP1000. Those applications contain standard licensing, engineering, technical, quality and safety information that future applicants can use to develop their own site-specific applications more efficiently.

[thackney]

I would guess 90% of what I post comes from www.eia.doe.gov

They are the source of most of the data used in any articles or studies on oil. Even much from the American Petroleum Institute is sourced from them.

[ASOC]

thanks - I’ll put that on my favs list.

[thulldud]

Hydrogen burns back into water with no CO2 or pollution.

Sure, as long as you don't burn it in air. When nitrogen is present, you get nitrogen oxides in the exhaust.

[purpleraine]

This is turning out to be a great week. 500 new oil wells planned for ND, now this. All we need now is some permits for a few new refineries.

[Between the Lines]

The article does not state if the new reactors will use MOX fuel as has been proposed. Guess we will have to wait and see.

[varyouga]

I'm thinking an H2 fuel cell or battery technology isn't too far off. People won't let go of the IC engine so H2 powered IC engines could be an intermediate step. You still get NOX but no worse than gasoline.

Powering those with nuclear or in the mean-time clean coal would drop dependence on oil.

We have to stop giving everything to the Islamists. All those buildings and man-made islands you see in Dubai are supposed be here in the USA.

[Cobra64]

Thanks for the facts update.

[thackney]

Go to post #19 for a bit more of an update.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995907/posts?page=19#19

[sefarkas]

The article does not state if the new reactors will use MOX fuel as has been proposed. Guess we will have to wait and see.

Fuel assembly and pellet composition technology changes more rapidly than the big-metal structures, systems, and components of a nuclear plant. Predicting what kind of fuel will be loaded in 2016 is a dicey undertaking. The AP-1000 can be loaded with a variety of fuel, the type chosen for each cycle is largely a matter of economics. See slides 14 and 15 of this.